• Your opportunity to raise significant funds to ensure our forests, rivers and wildlife thrive through your grant writing skills in this brand new role.
• Flexible permanent part-time position of two or three days per week with a salary of $95,260 per annum pro-rata plus 11.5% superannuation and amazing working conditions!
• Located in Melbourne (Wurundjeri Country) or Sydney (Gadigal Country) ideally, but we’re open to negotiating for the right candidate.
• The role is fully supported with specialist T&F software, existing CRM, experienced colleagues and ongoing training and support.
• Come join the 2023 FIA Fundraising Team of the Year (Victoria)!

Who is the ACF?

We’re the Australian Conservation Foundation, Australia’s national environment organisation.

Since 1965, we’ve protected the air we breathe, the water we drink and the places we love. Driven by the power of people, we won World Heritage listing for the Great Barrier Reef and Kakadu National Park; we secured the $10 billion national clean energy bank and we returned precious water to the rivers of the Murray-Darling.

We influence governments and businesses to protect the animals, rivers and reefs close to our hearts and hold decision-makers to account without fear or favour. Everything we do is evidence-based and helps nature and people thrive for generations to come.

We won’t give up until Australia’s nature is protected and regenerated.

What’s the gig?

As the Trusts and Foundations Lead you will use your communication skills for good! By creating compelling and persuasive fundraising grant applications and proposals you will be able to support the amazing work ACF do to speak out and stand up for our beautiful forests, rivers and wildlife.

Your professional writing will deliver written grant applications to Australian and where applicable, overseas trusts and foundations to secure income for ACF’s general purposes and a list of extrabudgetary project priorities.

The role requires relationship building with both funders and internal stakeholders.

This role exists within a collaborative team of Philanthropy Executives, headed up by the Philanthropy Manager and sits within the wider Fundraising Directorate.

This role is supported with a Prospect Matching Grants Database and ongoing training is provided.

This is your opportunity to help protect this beautiful country.

About you!

You are confident and comfortable with complex and dynamic subject matter and have experience communicating the impact of effective advocacy.

You are ambitious and have proven experience in writing compelling and persuasive grant applications that have successfully raised significant sums of money.

You will have the ability to build strong internal and external relationships and bring people along with you.

You will possess a high degree of autonomy, self-motivation, initiative, and an attention to detail. You are excited to connect trusts and foundations with ACF campaigns.

Why work for us?

You’ll do important work with one of Australia’s most impactful organisations, and with our world-class organisational culture and great team, we guarantee you’ll have fun along the way.

ACF is proud to offer our staff a supportive workplace with excellent conditions, including:

• Genuine flexibility in working hours and location.
• Four weeks of annual leave a year (pro-rata) plus an additional three days off over the Christmas / New Year period.
• Thirty days of personal leave a year (pro-rata) available to use immediately upon commencement.
• Superannuation contribution of 11.5%.
• Access to Long Service Leave after five years of continuous service.
• Eighteen weeks paid parental leave for parents (regardless of who is the birth parent) after 12 months of service.
• Ongoing professional development opportunities tailored to your individual career goals.
• Regular team and whole organisation retreats so we can plan, learn and grow together.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing support.

People are at the heart of everything we do to protect our planet. To achieve the bold change we seek, we must represent the richness of diversity within our communities so that all of us who care about nature can step up and lead.

ACF is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants. We actively encourage First Nations people, people from CALD backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ people, people with disability and others who have diverse experiences of our world to apply for this opportunity.

Apply now!

Applications are accepted through our website by clicking Apply Now below and should include a cover letter introducing yourself and a resume outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the role, addressed to Stuart Garratt, Philanthropy Manager.

Want to have a chat before you click send? You can contact Stuart on 0417 886 207 with any questions you might have (please SMS in advance of call). If you would like to discuss the recruitment process and alternative ways to participate that meet your needs, please contact our People & Culture Specialist, Kaz Kershaw, on 0422 657 242.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

A position description is attached.

Applicants must have the right to live and work in Australia to be considered for this job.

As part of ACF’s recruitment process, a criminal background check will be conducted.

We request no agency contact please.